Peruvians, familiar with El Nino, steel for heavy flooding⁣ ⁣ With water marks still staining the walls from past disasters, residents of Peru's northern city of Piura are building makeshift barriers, digging trenches and abandoning ground floors as they brace for the return of El Nino.⁣ ⁣ The latest cycle of the El Nino weather phenomenon is billed by United Nations experts to be stronger than ever this time around.⁣ ⁣ With torrential rain forecast for November, Piura's 600,000-strong population is scrambling to stave off the worst effects of impending flooding.⁣ ⁣ Of the 1,800 municipalities that make up Peru, almost 800 have declared a state of emergency over the "imminent danger" posed by extraordinary rainfall.⁣ ⁣ A further 600 municipalities are on alert due to droughts potentially affecting food supplies.⁣ ⁣ 📸 ernestobenavidesde⁣ #AFPPhoto